The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Greenwood puts in her bid for the Home
for Disabled and Helpless Confederate Sol
diers.
The Aiken Mining and Porcelain Manu-
featuring Company has been incorporated,
with z. A. Emanuel as President.
It is rumored that the famous Rlackwood
kidnapping case is not ended yet, and that
McNally will come over to Aiken and stand
his trial
The reunion of McGowan's brigade, which
was to have taken place at Columbia on
Dec. Ii, has been postponed, and will not be
held this year.
Tine auction of goods recovered from the
| Airline freight robbery, which took place
at Greenville Wednesday, yielded gross re-
ceipts of Sl,11S.
The third annual meeting of the South
Carolina Bar Association convened in the
court house at Columbia Wednesday and
was in session till Saturday.
The bill TO regulate the criminal practice
in the State has passed the House and Sen
ate both and is now before the Senate
Judiciary Committee, who are considering
the House amendments.
Willie Johnson who lives near Cowden,
met with peculiar accident recently. He
was leaning over TO light a fire when
| powder flask fell out of his pocket into the
| fire and exploded, burning his face severely.
One eye was slightly affected.
| The mass meeting held at Darlington on
/ Dec. 5 to protest against the new county of
| Florence, was well attended and deeply in
earnest. A committee of twenty was ap-
pointed to go to Columbia and present the
protest adopted by the meeting to the Leg
islature through Senator Edwards.
| DIR. CIV. Clayton, prominent physician
of Central, Pickens county, died Wednesday
a..ffa ne - ard Of al,lO
form, supposed to have been accidentally
administered. He has been using the drug
to quell neuralgia pains, and it is thought
that the bottle was accidentally overturned
while he was aslesp.
At Columbia Thursday the Committee of
Ways and Means of the House disposed of
about thirty bills, reporting unfavorably on
about one half the number, and thus re-
| lieving the calendar Among the rejected
bills were the horizontal salary reduction
bill, the Seegers phosphate abolition of taxes
| bill, and other legislative hobbies.
In Greenville county the election for Pro-
bate Judge to fill out the unexpired term of
Samuel j. Douthet, deceased, was held
Wednesday. A more utterly calm and I'M
eyentful'election could not be conceived Of
In the city, out Of voting population of
loo, there were only 14o votes cast, and
there was similar dearth of ballots in the
country. 7. w. B. Freeman, Democratic
nominee, was voted for solidly.
William Dermond, eldest son of George
Dermoid, who lives at Mrs. Ferry's, on the
| Savannah river, was accidentally killed
Tuesday by shooting himself in the abdomen.
He was sitting on the door-steps eating a
potato with his double barrel shotgun lying
at his side, and when the gun began to slip
down the steps he made an effort to catch it..
The hammers caught against the step and
caused the gun to fire. He was almost in
stantly killed.
There is curious we'll of water at the
| Kelly place, near Tyler Gaskin's in Viii
liamsburg county. The well is about twenty
feet deep, and the water on one side of it is
all the time bubbling up like water when it
is boiling. On the opposite side of the well
the water is in constant state of agitation,
Sizing and popping as though it was con
fined in hot vessel. The noise can be heard
some distance from the well The water is
cold and fine for use. This phenomenon
has been going on for some time.
The three-quarter value clause insurance
bill was taken no in the lower house at
Columbia Thursday, the object being to
prevent insurance companies inserting in
their policies what is known as the three
fourth value clause The bill had already
been discussed and nothing new was de-
veloped in relation to it. After discussion
in which w b Wilson, of York, advocated,
and Mr. Conner, of Lancaster, and Mr..
Moses, of SUMTER opposed the measure, the
bill was killed by vote of 70 to 81.
Near Aiken on Friday last John johnson,
Sr and wife met with serious accident
which resulted in the death of Mrs. John
son. They were returning from a visit to
their brother Isaac, and when near the
Kitchings place, in Tabernacle township,
their buggy collided with horse ridden by
Frank Holmes. The mule attached started
on a run, throwing Mr.. johnson out and
breaking his arm, and further on throwing
out his wife. When assistance arrived her
skull was found to be broken and an arm
dslocated.
The bill for the reorganization of the
South Carolina University was stoutly adj
vocated in the Senate on Thursday, for the
reason that it is the simplest and most prac
ticable plan which has been devised for con
ferring both literary and practical educa
ton at cost which is well within the re-
sources Of the people. The cost Of the ex